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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Virgin Australia (VA) launched in 2000 and has grown into a full service airline offering a premium domestic and international travel experience, delivers a low cost proposition through its wholly owned subsidiary Tigerair, serves the Cargo market and and fuels growth through the award winning Velocity Frequent Flyer program. VA employs more than 10,000 people, transports over 25m people each year, and in FY19 reported $5.8bn in revenue. I lead a talented P&C team across a range of portfolios including talent acquisition, executive search and succession, leadership and culture and diversity and inclusion. In addition I led the business partnering function for Tigerair which included transitioning CEO's, supporting the associated change management to implement a new operating model, and built the P&C team.

Foxtel provides subscription TV content to over 2.8million households in Australia, directly employing over 2,500 people. In the face of increased competition, Foxtel has a transformation agenda aimed at delivering a world class customer experience and becoming a provider of premium entertainment for all Australians. In this role I led the organisation development strategy, focused on building talent, capability, leadership and management systems to enable a new customer centric operating model.

The ANZ Supply Chain comprised 2,500 people and six manufacturing sites across Australia & New Zealand. I was responsible for business partnering the ANZ and APAC leadership teams of both unionised and corporate teams to deliver a multi category productivity strategy, enabling the business to re-invest in world class brands and deliver sustainable profitable growth. I had the privilege of leading a team of passionate business partners all motivated to coach and lead change, achieved through the implementation of a High Performing Work Systems program.

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company, known for brands such Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff & Guinness. In this role I business partnered the supply chain and corporate functions leadership teams, and led the talent, leadership and capability strategy (including talent acquisition). Partnering the CHRO and Executive team we developed a three year HR strategy that delivered consistent growth in revenue, profit and engagement. In addition I supported the capability build of the APAC HR teams to adopt the strategic HR planning process which had been a key enabler of growth. Central to success across the APAC markets was the implementation of a robust workforce planning methodology, to anticipate talent gaps and ensure plans were in place to meet business needs.

Unilever is one of the world’s leading fast-moving consumer goods companies, regarded as having one of the most progressive sustainability led business models, the legacy of global CEO Paul Polman. The ANZ business employs more than 2,000 people in all aspects of the value chain, manufacturing, research and development, brand building, sales and corporate functions. I led the ANZ organisation development strategy, leveraging global and often best practice centres of excellence to deliver effective solutions in market. I had responsibility for all aspects of organisation development, for example talent acquisition and the continuous improvement of the RPO model, executive succession, designing and activating leadership and culture programs and running the performance cycle. I also led the development of the APAC employer brand strategy which was critical to positioning Unilever as an employer of choice in competitive talent and high growth business markets.